Cougars salvage tough weekend with win in finale
The Barton County Community College softball had a tough weekend in Concordia at the Cloud Spring Classic, dropping 4 of 5 games. Three of those losses were by 4 runs or less. The Cougars won the finale of the weekend, beating host Cloud County 15-0. Barton is now 4-10 on the season. Barton had its doubleheader with Cloud slate for Wednesday postponed until a later date. The Cougars will travel to Chanute to face Neosho Friday then on to Tulsa for tournament action this weekend.
Cougars salvage tough weekend with win in finale
The Barton County Community College softball had a tough weekend in Concordia at the Cloud Spring Classic, dropping 4 of 5 games. Three of those losses were by 4 runs or less. The Cougars won the finale of the weekend, beating host Cloud County 15-0. Barton is now 4-10 on the season. Barton had its doubleheader with Cloud slate for Wednesday postponed until a later date. The Cougars will travel to Chanute to face Neosho Friday then on to Tulsa for tournament action this weekend.
Highlights
Barton opened the tournament with a 14-4 loss to Iowa Western as the Reivers scored 9 runs in the opening 2 innings. The Cougars scored 3 times in the 4th on the strength of Roxanne Longoria 2-run single. Erin Humphrey had 2 hits in the game.
The Cougars lost a 6-2 decision to Colby, again falling behind early as the Trojans scored 3 runs in the top of the 1st and 2 more in the 3rd for a 5-1 lead. Humphrey and Whitney Boeh each had 2 hits in the loss with Boeh and Alicia Salazar both homering in the game for the 2 Barton runs.
Barton lost another close contest to Hutch, falling 5-2 to end the day Saturday. After falling behind 2-0 the Cougars evened the score at 2-all in the 4th when Boeh doubled in Salazar and Megan Wedel singled in Myra Ramos. But the Blue Dragons scored 3 times in the 6th for the win.
Barton started Sunday off with a 3rd straight close loss, losing 4-1 to Iowa Lake. Barton had tied the game at 1-all in the top of the 4th on a fielder's choice RBI by Cheryl Raesz that scored Salazar. But Iowa Lake – like Hutchinson – scored 3 times in the bottom of the 6th for the win.
The Cougars closed out the weekend with a 15-0 thumping of Cloud, bolting to an 8-0 lead after 2 and plating 7 runs in the 4th for the run-rule. Raesz drove in 4 in the win and Salazar hit her 3rd homer of the season and drove in 3. Brigette Hitschmann threw a 1-hitter to pick up the win and improve to 2-4.
Stats
Stats can be found at www.bartonccc.edu/sports
Next
March 15 – at Neosho, 2 pm (at Chanute)